NEWPORT NEWS — Four Newport News police officers — previously known only as "John Does" — could soon be added as defendants in the case of a man contending police conducted a reckless investigation against him in 1991.

Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport's finances weathered the turmoil around the People Express collapse, its first financial report since evicting the company completely off airport premises shows.

Newport News, York County, Isle of Wight, James City County and Gloucester are growing, while Hampton, Williamsburg, Poquoson and Mathews are stable or shrinking, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The discovery of an 18-month-old agreement between five Hampton Roads police departments to share telephone records obtained during criminal investigations set off tenacious inquiries about its legality and local governments' role by Daily Press courts reporter Peter Dujardin.

The Virginia Press Association has honored the Daily Press Media Group newsroom with its prestigious First Amendment Award, which recognizes journalists and news organizations that seek to advance, defend or preserve the First Amendment.

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The Isle of Wight County Schools will be forced to dip into the district's operational budget to pay $285,000 in additional back pay for workers who were shorted on the construction of a new middle school in Windsor.

The York County School Board passed a $129.96 million budget that is 2.7 percent higher than this year's budget on Monday. The budget includes a 2 percent raise for teachers and staff along with a 1.04 percent to a 1.46 percent raise for teachers and staff members who have missed five "step...

Harry Epstein has never commanded a Navy strike group, and Lisa Papini doesn't have a cushy Pentagon office. But without small businesses such as theirs, America's mighty aircraft carrier fleet would be dead in the water.